1.) Divx is a video codec. AC3 is a sound codec (quite popular), and 5.1 surround sound.
2.) Downloading a dozen movies requires less brainpower (for those who have done it before) then operating a large, sharp metal machine, driving it a quarter mile, and returning.
3.) DIVX encoded movies fit more on a DVD than MPEG2 movies.
1.) Removing a patent (as opposed to nullifying it via proper Patent Office procedures) from a company is an absolute violation of property rights, which leads us to:
2.) This act will send a chill down the industry. Companies will change so that research will focus on items that will not create a large loss if their patents are taken.
The US government exists (or existed) primarily as a guarunteer of rights, namely property rights. Equal rights, whether you have $1 or $1,000,000.
Let me ask you this: if it was the will of the people, would you work for free? This is one of those cases, where the will of the people may be for free food, free healthcare, free housing, free money, etc., but it should not pass.
In a natural state it is quite common for humans to act in territorial ways and kill other humans for very minor reasons.
John Locke says otherwise...I take it you believe Hobbes then?
And yet when we have animals as pets it's okay to let them fight each other because it's their nature, and because it entertains us?
In a word, yes. Because of any number of reasons: 1.) we are at the top of the food chain, 2.) we can reason (you can make a case with humans not to kill each other, animals you can't), 3.) it's fun. I say bring back the cock fights!
To say that because the lions share of a certain type of payment goes tot he richest few means it shouldn't be taxed makes me so angry I want to punch something.
To say that some bureaucrats in Washington DC have any right to my income makes me so angry I want to punch something.
The government pays people with their own money. It doesn't create any wealth.
I mean, the way the system is setup now, it is really no different than that of the medeival age. The president is our king, Congress are the dukes, barons, and princes, and the Supreme court is the clergy (who are always reinterpeting our most sacred documents). Anyone who isn't a politician is seen as a citizen, to be taxed at the will of the royalty. I dare you to say otherwise.
Perhaps, but I find Complete contact solution to be the best for my eyes. Something about its makeup gets along just fine with my contacts, where as the other stuff hurts.
When a man is made to work for another's benefit, with no real choice in the matter, he is a slave; therefore, he is not free.
Unfortunate, but true. When allocating scarce resources, there are bound to be a few failures.
Which is the reason we have something called a 'market'. I'd love to hear you defend beauracracy as a source of efficent resource allocation.
The only nation ever to have invaded Canada was the US, and we won that one.
Fair enough. Care for another round?
To the contrary, the Romanow commission on healthcare reform noted that private healthcare systems are typically more expensive and less effective.
I haven't seen anything that looks like private health care in the US in years. US health care is more of a quasi-socialistic/capitalistic system. Which combines the worst of both systems.
Proximity to the US has been a benefit, but let's face it, nobody is actively plotting against those darned Canadians, with the possible exception of Bill O'Reilly...
Of course they aren't. They need you guys to keep the borders open. Mexico has a tighter border than Canada, and terrorists lounging about are more likely to be reported/kidnapped/killed in Mexico. Not by much, mind you, but the fact remains. However, when they are done with us, you're next.
Certainly not. Human rights issues cannot be decided by a show of hands.
So, how do we determine what is a human right, and when does it become an issue?
Who cares what percentage. At the end of the day, 1% of Bill's wealth is enough to treat a million people, whereas 100% is enough to treat 5. Get off your soap box, and realize this is about the victims, and helping them out (which requires $, not %).
For all the evil that patents may create, they stop an even greater evil. Many./ers may go off about how the world may be a better place if we didn't have patents (software &&|| otherwise). I predict, that if we abolished patents, it would take three weeks for the US to tank (like being thrown into a gravity well).
What people (in the US) fail to understand is how their jobs would totally not be there if patents were abolished. When anyone can copy your design, or make minor changes (it's blue, not green like yours), the countries in which labor is the cheapest will win, hands down. Think of patents as a dam, holding back some of the really bad forces out there.
You lost your job? You think patents suck? Well, things will change when you have lost your job, and everyone you know has lost their job.
Yup, Sony 21" Trinitron. Actually a rebranded Sony (Dell monitor, from a long time ago).
http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/monitors/55347/s pe cs.htm
Has two types of connectors: regular monitor cable, and something that looks totally different. It's currently set for 100Hz, but I can get it up to 160Hz.
I love this monitor. Despite the fact that it is white, has Dell stenciled on the front, and is about seven years old, I have no issues with it. (Way back, first comp was a Dell. Now, it clashes with the silver, blue and black setup (latest incarnation of my comp), but whatever.)
I mean, if you have a Trinitron, why would you want an LCD? I can think of two very sad reasons: 1.) you have no desk space (get a bigger desk, it's cheaper + more fun) or 2.) you're part of the trend crowd (OMG LOL I got a 31337 flat LCD screen; wait, I can't play games on this thing, the color is off, and it hurts my eyes to stare at it for too long. But that doesn't matter, because it's the in thing).
I really don't understand all this attention that LCDs get. You are always hearing about how LCDs are getting cheaper, faster, better, how they are beating CRTs, blah. Instead of matching a top of the line LCD against a middling CRT: try a match against a Trinitron. You know that the only people who will choose an LCD are people who are very far below you (HS + College students).
Actually, you're slightly off (about clouds). During the day, clouds reflect solar radiation (lowering temperature), but during the night they reflect ground radiation (increasing the temperature).
That's kinda odd. At my school, you cannot graduate without taking at least a pre-calc course. I graduated taking Calc AB (I'm lazy), and managed to knock out two courses (calc 1/2) in college.
Look at it this way: for a 1/3rd of the average American's income, the King would let the American's choose whoever the f*ck they wanted for parliment (sp?).
How about we cut all programs? Cut them until people scream, then cut them some more. When I got to collect my weekly check, I want to see ($2 FICA). Screw SS, I have a couple of accounts, I'll save my own money. If that doesn't work out, I'll work.
Because life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are negative rights. I.e. if you decide not to work, lose your home, and starve, that's your own fault. However, if I kill you, I am at fault. If I take your home, I am at fault. If I take your food, I am at fault.
You cannot guarantee positive rights (there is nothing to back them up, except the use of force: effectively, you make other people slaves).
Life is life, take it or leave it. You may have a good life, you may have a horrible life. Such things are between you and $DEITY.
Frankly, if George Washington were alive, I believe we would be trying some politicians for treason right now...nothing like a good hanging. But unfortuantely, the masses will not stir, content as they are to wallow in the mud.
And how do Senators on taxpayer-funded junkets benefit me?
Secondly, there is no "common good". If it were so common, we wouldn't have it shoved down our throats; it would naturally occur to us (like helping your neighbor, when they've had an accident). Good, the meaning of the word itself is debated. It all ties into morals: is gay marriage moral? Is abortion moral? Is affirmative action moral? Are wars moral?
Until you can get 90%+ of the public committing one way or the other, it isn't "good". Humanity, at its best, can understand and respect two laws: don't steal and don't kill. And those happen to be the only laws we really need (think about it, every other worthwhile law stems from those two (only the magnitude differs)). It's when you begin splicing hairs that issues arise ("it's for your own good, it's for the public good"). Bullshit.
Main Entry: 1welfare Pronunciation: 'wel-"far, -"fer Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well 1 : the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity 2 a : aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need b : an agency or program through which such aid is distributed
Consitution refers to the former, not the latter. Check the etymology, and get a clue.
Hmm. My IBM (old 27 GB) HD is ticking along fine. Sad that it has lasted longer than any of the Maxtor drives I have. Even sadder still, the IBM holds my MP3 collection.
Can someone please explain to me why Maxtor drives start developing bad sectors at 6 months, and die at 9 months? I know they are adequately cooled (four 80mm fans blowing over them, constantly), so that's not the issue. Hell, I wouldn't care if I didn't keep losing my high-capacity drives at the same time. I have one dead 160GB Maxtor drive staring at me, and another (which holds the system partition) which is well on its way. The 120GB Maxtor (slightly older) has been replaced before, but seems to be holding up fairly well.
At this rate, I'll be moving my critical data to the IBM HD or (alternatively) to the DVD burner. Do Seagate drives hold up better than Maxtors (how so)?
Hmm. It's like this: religion does not necessarily mean belief in God. It could mean multiple Gods, or no Gods. There could be figures of some other nature. Doesn't matter. What does matter is that Evolution attempts to replace, or answer the questions posed by religion. Because Evolution isn't definitive (as of yet), it is filed under religion.
For it to become definitive, you need some irrefutable proof. Lab tests do not cut it. Pictures of black holes and ref-shifts do not cut it. Think of it this way: for Christians to prove they are right, they need Jesus to show up with a cadre of angels. For Muslims, Muhammed with sword in hand. Other religions have their own things. So, for Evolution, you need a video tape of the beginning of creation. Have fun!
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1.) Divx is a video codec. AC3 is a sound codec (quite popular), and 5.1 surround sound.
2.) Downloading a dozen movies requires less brainpower (for those who have done it before) then operating a large, sharp metal machine, driving it a quarter mile, and returning.
3.) DIVX encoded movies fit more on a DVD than MPEG2 movies.
But you make some good points.
Somebody please post a torrent!
Thanks.
Two reasons:
1.) Removing a patent (as opposed to nullifying it via proper Patent Office procedures) from a company is an absolute violation of property rights, which leads us to:
2.) This act will send a chill down the industry. Companies will change so that research will focus on items that will not create a large loss if their patents are taken.
The US government exists (or existed) primarily as a guarunteer of rights, namely property rights. Equal rights, whether you have $1 or $1,000,000.
Let me ask you this: if it was the will of the people, would you work for free? This is one of those cases, where the will of the people may be for free food, free healthcare, free housing, free money, etc., but it should not pass.
In a natural state it is quite common for humans to act in territorial ways and kill other humans for very minor reasons.
John Locke says otherwise...I take it you believe Hobbes then?
And yet when we have animals as pets it's okay to let them fight each other because it's their nature, and because it entertains us?
In a word, yes. Because of any number of reasons: 1.) we are at the top of the food chain, 2.) we can reason (you can make a case with humans not to kill each other, animals you can't), 3.) it's fun. I say bring back the cock fights!
To say that because the lions share of a certain type of payment goes tot he richest few means it shouldn't be taxed makes me so angry I want to punch something.
To say that some bureaucrats in Washington DC have any right to my income makes me so angry I want to punch something.
The government pays people with their own money. It doesn't create any wealth.
I mean, the way the system is setup now, it is really no different than that of the medeival age. The president is our king, Congress are the dukes, barons, and princes, and the Supreme court is the clergy (who are always reinterpeting our most sacred documents). Anyone who isn't a politician is seen as a citizen, to be taxed at the will of the royalty. I dare you to say otherwise.
Perhaps, but I find Complete contact solution to be the best for my eyes. Something about its makeup gets along just fine with my contacts, where as the other stuff hurts.
Nobody's freedoms are being reduced or denied.
When a man is made to work for another's benefit, with no real choice in the matter, he is a slave; therefore, he is not free.
Unfortunate, but true. When allocating scarce resources, there are bound to be a few failures.
Which is the reason we have something called a 'market'. I'd love to hear you defend beauracracy as a source of efficent resource allocation.
The only nation ever to have invaded Canada was the US, and we won that one.
Fair enough. Care for another round?
To the contrary, the Romanow commission on healthcare reform noted that private healthcare systems are typically more expensive and less effective.
I haven't seen anything that looks like private health care in the US in years. US health care is more of a quasi-socialistic/capitalistic system. Which combines the worst of both systems.
Proximity to the US has been a benefit, but let's face it, nobody is actively plotting against those darned Canadians, with the possible exception of Bill O'Reilly...
Of course they aren't. They need you guys to keep the borders open. Mexico has a tighter border than Canada, and terrorists lounging about are more likely to be reported/kidnapped/killed in Mexico. Not by much, mind you, but the fact remains. However, when they are done with us, you're next.
Certainly not. Human rights issues cannot be decided by a show of hands.
So, how do we determine what is a human right, and when does it become an issue?
Who cares what percentage. At the end of the day, 1% of Bill's wealth is enough to treat a million people, whereas 100% is enough to treat 5. Get off your soap box, and realize this is about the victims, and helping them out (which requires $, not %).
For all the evil that patents may create, they stop an even greater evil. Many ./ers may go off about how the world may be a better place if we didn't have patents (software &&|| otherwise). I predict, that if we abolished patents, it would take three weeks for the US to tank (like being thrown into a gravity well).
What people (in the US) fail to understand is how their jobs would totally not be there if patents were abolished. When anyone can copy your design, or make minor changes (it's blue, not green like yours), the countries in which labor is the cheapest will win, hands down. Think of patents as a dam, holding back some of the really bad forces out there.
You lost your job? You think patents suck? Well, things will change when you have lost your job, and everyone you know has lost their job.
Yup, Sony 21" Trinitron. Actually a rebranded Sony (Dell monitor, from a long time ago).
s pe cs.htm
http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/monitors/55347/
Has two types of connectors: regular monitor cable, and something that looks totally different. It's currently set for 100Hz, but I can get it up to 160Hz.
I love this monitor. Despite the fact that it is white, has Dell stenciled on the front, and is about seven years old, I have no issues with it. (Way back, first comp was a Dell. Now, it clashes with the silver, blue and black setup (latest incarnation of my comp), but whatever.)
I mean, if you have a Trinitron, why would you want an LCD? I can think of two very sad reasons: 1.) you have no desk space (get a bigger desk, it's cheaper + more fun) or 2.) you're part of the trend crowd (OMG LOL I got a 31337 flat LCD screen; wait, I can't play games on this thing, the color is off, and it hurts my eyes to stare at it for too long. But that doesn't matter, because it's the in thing).
I really don't understand all this attention that LCDs get. You are always hearing about how LCDs are getting cheaper, faster, better, how they are beating CRTs, blah. Instead of matching a top of the line LCD against a middling CRT: try a match against a Trinitron. You know that the only people who will choose an LCD are people who are very far below you (HS + College students).
Actually, you're slightly off (about clouds). During the day, clouds reflect solar radiation (lowering temperature), but during the night they reflect ground radiation (increasing the temperature).
That's kinda odd. At my school, you cannot graduate without taking at least a pre-calc course. I graduated taking Calc AB (I'm lazy), and managed to knock out two courses (calc 1/2) in college.
Sony Trinitron. Get one, learn love for CRTs.
Look at it this way: for a 1/3rd of the average American's income, the King would let the American's choose whoever the f*ck they wanted for parliment (sp?).
How about we cut all programs? Cut them until people scream, then cut them some more. When I got to collect my weekly check, I want to see ($2 FICA). Screw SS, I have a couple of accounts, I'll save my own money. If that doesn't work out, I'll work.
Because life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are negative rights. I.e. if you decide not to work, lose your home, and starve, that's your own fault. However, if I kill you, I am at fault. If I take your home, I am at fault. If I take your food, I am at fault.
You cannot guarantee positive rights (there is nothing to back them up, except the use of force: effectively, you make other people slaves).
Life is life, take it or leave it. You may have a good life, you may have a horrible life. Such things are between you and $DEITY.
Just putting one more nail in the coffin of SS.
Frankly, if George Washington were alive, I believe we would be trying some politicians for treason right now...nothing like a good hanging. But unfortuantely, the masses will not stir, content as they are to wallow in the mud.
And how do Senators on taxpayer-funded junkets benefit me?
Secondly, there is no "common good". If it were so common, we wouldn't have it shoved down our throats; it would naturally occur to us (like helping your neighbor, when they've had an accident). Good, the meaning of the word itself is debated. It all ties into morals: is gay marriage moral? Is abortion moral? Is affirmative action moral? Are wars moral?
Until you can get 90%+ of the public committing one way or the other, it isn't "good". Humanity, at its best, can understand and respect two laws: don't steal and don't kill. And those happen to be the only laws we really need (think about it, every other worthwhile law stems from those two (only the magnitude differs)). It's when you begin splicing hairs that issues arise ("it's for your own good, it's for the public good"). Bullshit.
Main Entry: 1welfare
Pronunciation: 'wel-"far, -"fer
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from the phrase wel faren to fare well
1 : the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity
2 a : aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need b : an agency or program through which such aid is distributed
Consitution refers to the former, not the latter. Check the etymology, and get a clue.
What?
Oh goody. I just reviewed some of the disks atributes, and it has switched over the PIO mode. That would help explain the performance drop...
The server software was nice. The browser was...less important.
Hmm. My IBM (old 27 GB) HD is ticking along fine. Sad that it has lasted longer than any of the Maxtor drives I have. Even sadder still, the IBM holds my MP3 collection.
Can someone please explain to me why Maxtor drives start developing bad sectors at 6 months, and die at 9 months? I know they are adequately cooled (four 80mm fans blowing over them, constantly), so that's not the issue. Hell, I wouldn't care if I didn't keep losing my high-capacity drives at the same time. I have one dead 160GB Maxtor drive staring at me, and another (which holds the system partition) which is well on its way. The 120GB Maxtor (slightly older) has been replaced before, but seems to be holding up fairly well.
At this rate, I'll be moving my critical data to the IBM HD or (alternatively) to the DVD burner. Do Seagate drives hold up better than Maxtors (how so)?
While the rest of slashdot will wait for it to be uploaded to bit torrent, complete with chinese subtitles, three days before its official release.
Hmm. It's like this: religion does not necessarily mean belief in God. It could mean multiple Gods, or no Gods. There could be figures of some other nature. Doesn't matter. What does matter is that Evolution attempts to replace, or answer the questions posed by religion. Because Evolution isn't definitive (as of yet), it is filed under religion.
For it to become definitive, you need some irrefutable proof. Lab tests do not cut it. Pictures of black holes and ref-shifts do not cut it. Think of it this way: for Christians to prove they are right, they need Jesus to show up with a cadre of angels. For Muslims, Muhammed with sword in hand. Other religions have their own things. So, for Evolution, you need a video tape of the beginning of creation. Have fun!